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Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies (Major) at Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University, Canada

Programme overview

This major lets students integrate their understanding of gender, sexuality, and women in societies and cultures, within a 120-unit Bachelor of Arts.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences  |  Department: Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

What you will study

Students complete 18 lower division GSWS units, including two of courses such as Sex Talk: Introduction to Contemporary Issues in Sexuality Studies and the survey of feminisms and feminist activism, and 32 upper division GSWS units including four units at the 400 division.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Students may declare this plan upon successful completion of one GSWS course and upon application to the Undergraduate Advisor in the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Fall (September), Spring (January) and Summer (May) terms; most students start in the fall term.

Fall 2027: high school applications open 1 October 2026 and close 31 January 2027; other post-secondary transfer applications open 1 March 2027 and close 15 April 2027. Summer 2027: all applications open 1 December 2026 and close 15 January 2027. Spring 2027: all applications opened 1 July 2026 and close 15 September 2026.

The non-refundable application fee is 86 CAD for domestic students and 130 CAD for international students, payable online by credit card. Applications are submitted through EducationPlannerBC.

Apply through the official page: https://www.sfu.ca/students/admission.html

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